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The Center for Public Policy Analysis (CPPA), or Centre for Public Policy Analysis, was established in Washington, D.C. in 1988 and describes itself as a non-profit, non-partisan, think tank and research organization. The CPPA is a non-governmental organization (NGO) focused on foreign policy, national security, human rights, refugee and international humanitarian issues.〔http://www.centerforpublicpolicyanalysis.org〕〔Businesswire, Businesswire.com Washington, D.C. (3 January 2009) "Company Profile for Center for Public Policy Analysis" http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Company+Profile+for+Center+for+Public+Policy+Analysis.-a0213517607〕〔Businesswire, Washington, D.C. Businesswire.com (22 August 2014)"Company Profile: Center for Public Policy Analysis" http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140822005333/en/Company-Profile-Center-Public-Policy-Analysis-CPPA#.VHZTLWdOlkg〕 The CPPA focuses on key domestic and international public policy issues, including those in the United States, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the Americas. It has frequently raised concerns about international security, counter-terrorism, civil society, the environment, international trade and tariffs, press and internet freedom, human rights, and religious freedom issues, including the plight of political asylum seekers and refugees, in Southeast Asia and Southwest Asia.〔Minneapolis Star Tribune ( 26 June 2011) "A New Era of Abuse in Southeast Asia" , http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentaries/124518218.html〕〔Scoop Independent News, Auckland, New Zealand,( January 29, 2011), "Mubarak Urged to Halt Attacks on Journalists" http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1101/S00553/mubarak-urged-to-halt-attacks-on-journalists-internet.htm〕〔" The Salt Lake Tribune ( 3 February 2011), "Once a Foe of Sadam, Iraqi Cab Driver Now Branded Terrorist" http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/51177038-76/alshamsawi-immigration-lake-refugees.html.csp〕〔Gannett News, Green Bay Press Gazette, (29 December 2009)"Area Hmong worried for relatives overseas: Refugees moved from Thai camp rumored to be beaten, seriously hurt" http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20091230/GPG0101/102120013/Area-Hmong-worried-relatives-overseas〕 The CPPA researches and writes about press and internet freedom, and the persecution of journalists, in the Philippines and elsewhere.〔ABS-CBNnews.com, (11 February 2011), Manila, Philippines, http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/02/11/11/us-think-tank-massacre-victims-kin-need-counseling〕〔Scoop Independent News, Auckland, New Zealand, (11 February 2011) "Philippines Urged To Assist Families of Slain Journalists: Philippines Urged To Assist Families of Slain Journalists During Trial" http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1102/S00381/philippines-urged-to-assist-families-of-slain-journalists.htm〕 Concerned about environmental issues, the CPPA has raised awareness about illegal logging, and environmental degradation, in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and elsewhere.〔Asia Times, Hong Kong, atimes.com, ( 5 October 2010) "A Tree Falls in Laos" http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/LJ05Ae01.html〕 The CPPA also focuses on economic, political, human rights, religious freedom and humanitarian issues in Indochina. The organization is described as an "outspoken supporter" and human rights proponent for ethnic, minority Laotian and Hmong people in Laos and Vietnam.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Bangkok Post )〕〔Gannett News, Green Bay Press Gazette, (29 December 2009)"Area Hmong worried for relatives overseas: Refugees moved from Thai camp rumored to be beaten, seriously hurt" http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20091230/GPG0101/102120013/Area-Hmong-worried-relatives-overseas〕〔Asia Times, Hong Kong, atimes.com, ( 5 October 2010), Beaumont Smith, "A Tree Falls in Laos" http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/LJ05Ae01.html〕 From 1998 to 2013, the CPPA in cooperation with members of the U.S. Congress has hosted the U.S. Congressional Forum on Laos, in the U.S. Congress, in Washington, D.C. The U.S. Congressional Forum on Laos brings together policy experts, diplomats, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), human rights and environmental groups, community leaders, business leaders, Members of the U.S. Congress, political and religious dissidents and others to discuss current issues of concern regarding the nation of Laos and the region.〔U.S. Congressional Record (24 October 2002)Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 139, U.S. Government Printing Office, The Honorable Patrick Kennedy "COMMENDING THE LAO AND HMONG-AMERICAN COMMUNITY.." http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CREC-2002-10-24/html/CREC-2002-10-24-pt1-PgE1958-2.htm〕〔PR LOG, www.prlog.org, (29 August 2007) "Laos, Thailand Crisis: US Congressional Forum To Discuss Legislative Action on Lao, Hmong Refugees" http://www.prlog.org/10028864-laos-thailand-crisis-us-congressional-forum-to-discuss-legislative-action-on-lao-hmong-refugees.html〕 The CPPA says it conducts public policy events and briefings in the US Congress and Washington DC on a range of public affairs issues. It says it organizes research and fact-finding missions in the United States and abroad with US policymakers to gain first-hand information about key issues, developments and events.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher=The Centre for Public Policy Analysis )〕〔"Acts of Betrayal: Persecution of Hmong", by Michael Johns, National Review, October 23, 1995.〕 The CPPA also researches military and national security history issues regarding World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War (First and Second Indochina Wars), the first and second Gulf War (U.S.-Iraq War) and the "War on Terrorism," (both before and after the terrorist attacks in New York City on September 11, 2001).〔Scoop Independent News, Auckland, New Zealand, (4 July 2011) "Canada National Day, Royals' Visit, Commemorated" http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1107/S00071/canada-national-day-royals-visit-commemorated.htm〕 The CPPA is concerned about the plight of veterans, including minority veterans, of these conflicts, and is active in policy research and debate on key issues.〔The Business Journal, California, (8 February 2013), "Murkowski, Costa introduce Lao and Hmong veterans bill" http://www.thebusinessjournal.com/news/government-and-politics/4920-murkowski-costa-introduce-lao-and-hmong-veterans-bill〕 From 1993 to 2013, the CPPA took a leadership role in organizing major national veterans' recognition ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery, the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C. and the U.S. Congress, especially to honor Laotian and Hmong veterans, and their American advisers, who served in the clandestine theater of the Royal Kingdom Laos during the Vietnam War.〔BUSINESS WIRE, businesswire.com , Washington, D.C., (12 May 2013) "Laos, Hmong Veterans of Vietnam War Honored At National Ceremonies" http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130512005048/en/Laos-Hmong-Veterans-Vietnam-War-Honored-National.〕 The CPPA also works to honor Vietnam War veterans of the First and Second Indochina War who served in Vietnam, the Kingdom of Laos, Cambodia and The Kingdom of Thailand, including American, South Vietnamese, Royal Laotian, Cambodian and French military and clandestine veterans.〔Scoop Independent News, Auckland, New Zealand, (14 December 2011), Robert Jambon: A Bold Life & Death For Laos and Hmong" http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1112/S00467/robert-jambon-a-bold-life-death-for-laos-and-hmong.htm〕〔Scoop Independent News, Auckland, New Zealand, (24 December 2011), "Laos, Vietnam Human Rights Defender Mourned At Arlington" http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1112/S00752/laos-vietnam-human-rights-defender-mourned-at-arlington.htm〕 ==Press and internet freedom== The CPPA researches and writes about press and internet freedom in the Philippines, Egypt, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Lao, Vietnam, Thailand and elsewhere.〔〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Center for Public Policy Analysis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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